COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 3 / MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, announced plans for , a power-packed Internet portal for restaurant management operations, at the FSTEC Conference in Long Beach, CA this week. The portal will offer net-hosted applications for point-of-sale, back office, data warehousing, business intelligence and other functions, creating the next-generation model for the restaurant enterprise and extending the capability for existing customers. MICROS plans to launch during First Quarter 2001 and will continually add new capabilities and applications as part of the Company's overall Internet business strategy.

COLUMBIA, Md -- MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is demonstrating the superior functionality of its 9700 Hospitality Management System (HMS) at this week's FS/TEC 2000 show in Long Beach, CA. The MICROS 9700 HMS is the company's newest point-of-sale system for the large enterprise, designed to integrate all functions of both front-end and back- office restaurant service.

COLUMBIA, Md -- MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is showcasing its sleek new Eclipse PC Workstation at this week's FS/TEC 2000conference in Long Beach, CA. Its compact design and advanced open architecture make the Eclipse PC Workstation the top choice for POS Systems in restaurants of any type and size.

COLUMBIA, Md -- MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has formed a strategic equity partnership with Vivonet Inc., a web- based information systems company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Under the terms of the agreement, MICROS will hold exclusive rights to global distribution of all Vivonet products throughout the hospitality industry and certain rights to the retail industry. By leveraging Vivonet's advanced Internet technology, MICROS will be able to offer point of sale, data warehousing, and business intelligence applications via the Internet for independent and chain restaurants. This new technology will be part of the solution family.

Rockville, MD - Visual One Systems, a leading hospitality software vendor, will be demonstrating its hotel management software on the Internet at the International Hotel Motel and Restaurant Show, in New York City, from November 11-14. Though visitors at the show will see the system on a wireless connected Internet terminal, the software and data will actually reside on an ASP server that is located at Visual One headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

MINNEAPOLIS / Nov. 1, 2000--IDeaS, Inc., a leading provider of revenue optimization solutions, announced today that Mark Robinow joined the company as chief financial officer.

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 26 / MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading supplier of information systems to the hospitality industry, today announced the results for its fiscal 2001 first quarter ended September 30, 2000. Revenue for the quarter was $74.0 million with a net loss of $0.9 million, or a $0.05 loss per diluted share. Last year's first quarter revenue was $87.4 million with net income of $5.1 million, and earnings per share, on a diluted basis, of $0.30.

COLUMBIA, Md., Oct. 25 / MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has announced the first implementation of the OPERA Sales and Catering system at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton® hotel in Palm Beach, FL. This milestone also marks the commencement of the company-wide global deployment of OPERA Sales and Catering for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. This newly designed system provides unprecedented functionality, managing all aspects of a hotel's sales and catering operations, and paves the way for integration with the other innovative modules within the OPERA Enterprise Solution.

Newmarket International, Inc. announced today that Benchmark Hospitality, the recognized leader in the conference center market, is upgrading its sales automation infrastructure with Delphi Multi-Property Edition (Delphi MPE), Newmarket's thin-client application for multiple properties sold in one system.

COLUMBIA, Md -- MICROS Systems, Inc. MCRS, a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, demonstrated the global functionality of its newly enhanced OPERA Enterprise Solution at the World Gaming 2000 conference in Las Vegas this week. OPERA, the company's multi-faceted hospitality management product suite, provides an enterprise-wide technical and operational solution for hotels and hospitality businesses desiring maximum flexibility and most effective use of information. MICROS also announced the opening of a dedicated OPERA Sales and Support office, within its Las Vegas office, which will provide sales and support for the OPERA product Suite for MICROS'S growing roster of gaming and hospitality clients in Las Vegas.